Women's History Month events honor heroines changing history
March events featuring food, fun and reflection honor valiant women bridging the gap
UC campuses highlight women who have broken boundaries throughout history and those bridging the gap even now with engaging events open to everyone throughout March.
Experience two exhibits honoring women from the early 20th-century currently on display through the end of the semester in UC's Walter C. Langsam Library. The "Votes for Women" and the "Women of the Movement" exhibits highlight women who broke the barriers of race and gender and include UC's own Marian Spencer, a champion for civil rights both locally and nationally.
The National Women's History Month theme for 2020, "Valiant Women of the Vote," honors the brave women who fought to win suffrage rights for women, and for the women who continue to fight for the voting rights of others.
All are welcome. Enjoy celebrations honoring UC female student veterans, guest speakers and more, open to the general public and all members of the campus community.
Celebrating Women of the Movement
UC Libraries Black History Month exhibit celebrates African American Women of the Movement. Exhibit is on display on fourth floor of UC's Langsam Library throughout the spring semester.
On display throughout the spring semester, 4th floor, Walter C. Langsam Library
UC Libraries will profile African American female leaders who have fought for civil rights. The exhibit will span many years of history including Sojourner Truth, former slave and abolitionist; Diane Nash, a key player in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; and UC and Cincinnati's Marian Spencer, a champion for civil rights both locally and nationally.
For more information, contact Melissa Norris or UC Libraries website.
Votes for Women
On display throughout the spring semester, 5th floor, Walter C. Langsam Library
UC Libraries profiles the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The exhibit includes a timeline of the women's suffrage fight starting in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
Learn about milestones and setbacks along the way, including after the Civil War when the movement found itself divided over the issue of voting rights for black men, thus resulting in a split in the group fighting for women's suffrage.
For more information, contact Melissa Norris or UC Libraries website.
Rock the Vote (nonpartisan voter registration)
Mondays and Thursdays in March, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Muntz Commons, Bleecker Street Cafe area
In honor of Women's HERstory Month at UC Blue Ash, get registered to vote, or just learn about the process.
For more information, contact Molly Scruta.
UC Blue Ash feminine hygiene product drive
Throughout March, UC Blue Ash, Student Life office, Muntz 123
In honor of Women's HERstory Month, UC Blue Ash will be accepting donations of feminine hygiene products (pads, pantyliners, tampons, sanitary cups, etc.). This drive will benefit Girls Health Period and the UC Blue Ash food/supply pantry.
For more information, contact Molly Scruta.
'Women's Rage: Countering Sexual Violence and Humilation'
Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes (c. 1598-1599) "A Women's Rage: Countering Sexual Violence and Humiliation." photo/public domain
Wednesday, March 4, 1-2:30 p.m., Taft Research Center, 47 Corry Boulevard
Join UC alumna Dianna Taylor, professor of philosophy, John Carroll University, as she presents women's rage as a counter response to sexual humiliation resulting form both men's gender-based sexual violence against women and the conditions for the possibility of that violence.
The lecture includes illustrations for how victims/survivors within the U.S. are often inhibited from speaking publicly about their experiences of rape and sexual assault.
The event is sponsored by the Charles Taft Research Center and UC's Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department.
For more information, contact Ashley Currier.
WiE Converge Networking Reception
Wednesday, March 4, 5 p.m., TUC Atrium
Converge, connect and converse with employers, UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science staff and faculty and other students at the Women in Engineering "Converge Networking" Reception. Dress is business casual. To register.
For more information, contact Paula Lampley.
Empowerment Day conference, Lindner Women in Business
Lindner Women in Business Empowerment Day 2019.
Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Lindner College of Business
Join the Lindner Women in Business' fourth-annual student-led Empowerment Day conference as it enriches and inspires collegiate women pursuing careers in business while providing them with an exclusive opportunity to network with successful business leaders.
With keynote speakers and breakout sessions facilitated by prominent business professionals, network with alumni and feel empowered. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Bring a friend — all are welcome!
Keynote speakers include:
- Marianne Lewis, dean and professor of management at UC's Carl H. Lindner College of Business
- Julia Poston, Cincinnati office managing partner at Ernst & Young
For more information, contact Briana Harper.
International Women's Day Brunch
Sunday, March 8, 11a.m.-1 p.m., Annie Laws, Room 407
Enjoy an afternoon of brunch, feminist-forward conversations, spoken-word poetry and community building about "The Future of Feminism."The event is sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Government.
For more information, contact Anna Smith.
'Something to Live For,' Janelle Reichman performs Billy Strayhorn
Janelle Reichman
Sunday, March 8, 2 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 536 Linton St. 45219
American jazz composer Billy Strayhorn wrote some of the Duke Ellington Orchestra's most important pieces, including Duke's famous theme "Take the 'A' Train." In honor of Women's History Month, joining UC CCM's Phil DeGreg Trio will be virtuoso clarinetist and saxophonist Janelle Reichman. Performing regularly with DIVA, the award-winning New York City all-female big band, Reichman has guested with Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Get ready for an unforgettable afternoon of music as Reichman and musicians from CCM and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra perform some of the greatest compositions in jazz.
For more information, visit CCJO.
Sisters-In-Arms Ceremony
Former 'Sister-In-Arms' Moore Award winners.
Wednesday, March 25, 6 p.m., Tangeman University Center Atrium
Help celebrate UC's Sisters in Arms recognition ceremony for all UC female student veterans. As part of Womens' History Month in March, six women are honored each year for their accomplishments in and out of the classroom with the 2020 Rosa Sanders-Moore Award.
The 2020 winners will be announced at the ceremony. Everyone is welcome.
For more information, contact Abigail Duncan or UC Veteran's Programs and Services.
Transgender inclusive training session
Thursday, March 26, 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m., UC Blue Ash, Muntz 119
In honor of Women's HERstory Month, join a UC Blue Ash campuswide, all-inclusive transgender training session open to all students, faculty and staff. The event is facilitated by students under the expert tutelage of UC Blue Ash professor J.A. Carter.
Register online. For more information, contact Molly Scruta.
UC Clermont Poetry Series presents Lindsay Lusby
Lindsay Lusby
Wednesday, April 8, 9 a.m., UC Clermont Library, 4200 Clermont College Dr., Batavia
UC Clermont welcomes poet Lindsay Lusby for a Q&A, master class and book signing. Lusby's debut poetry collection "Catechesis: A Postpastoral" won the 2018 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize from the University of Utah Press, judged by renowned poet Kimiko Hahn.
She is also the author of two chapbooks, "Blackbird Whitetail Redhand," (Porkbelly Press, 2018) and "Imago" (Dancing Girl Press, 2014), winner of the 2015 Fairy Tale Review Poetry Contest. Her poems have appeared most recently in the Cincinnati Review, Passages North, The Account, North Dakota Quarterly and Tinderbox Poetry Journal.
9:05 a.m. — Q&A
11:15 a.m. — Master class on publishing a literary journal
1:25 p.m. — Reading, reception and book signing in the UC Clermont Library
For more information, contact Mae Hanna or UC Clermont Library.
Featured image at top: Women college students celebrate Women's History Month. photo/DepositPhotos
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